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to cross off the rise of latin and south america i'm joined by my guest in washington one hundred sanchez he is a research fellow at the council on hemispheric affairs and mark weisbrot he is co-director of the center for economic and policy research all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it alex if i go to you first secretary of state kerry said recently that he treats lot in america and south america as america's backyard what is what is the kind of disconnect as i tell you about north america and south america today . let me rephrase that these the obama when he was elected the first time around there was a lot of hope that he will bring to bring a new kind of dog or how to do it like in america a spartan ops as equals fortunately this wasn't the case. with obama the obama presidency they were actually brought up as some kind of dog train like j.f.k. had dogged alliance for progress or. good neighbor policy so going to have been some interesting regarding cuba. colombia panama brasil the usual suspects really
to cross off the rise of latin and south america i'm joined by my guest in washington one hundred sanchez he is a research fellow at the council on hemispheric affairs and mark weisbrot he is co-director of the center for economic and policy research all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it alex if i go to you first secretary of state kerry said recently that he treats lot in america and south america as america's...
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with the details from washington and for the moscow side of it it cannot. washington has been thinking for a while on how to best punish moscow for snowden this morning we learned that while he's going to russia for the g. twenty the white house is scrapped the bilateral summit with the russian president and here's president obama's advice or here's what he said will still work with washer on issues where we can find common ground but it was the unanimous view of the president and his national security team that a summit did not make sense in the current environment so now as far as the current environment here is what we heard from the president last night a lot of what's been going on has been. major breaks in the relationship even though still help us supplying our troops in afghanistan they're still helping us on counterterrorism work they were helpful after the boston bombing in that investigation and so there's still a lot of business that we can do with them but there's been times where they slip back into cold war thinking and a cold war mentality t
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against military intervention he also added washington's claims the full intelligence report providing firm evidence cannot be published disrespectful to its international partners so they get more from shawn thomas so sean clearly some very harsh words before obama made this decision some strong words now from moscow what's the reaction well certainly bill president vladimir putin spoke to reporters from a lot of all stuck here in russia where he did have strong clear words about the situation in syria first of all he said that he believes that all of this talk of intervention and strikes comes from the fact that the syrian government is making gains against the rebels and he feels that this is a move to try and advance the rebels position and change the tide of the war he also said that he believes that chemical weapons use by the assad regime is just plain ridiculous because given the circumstances on the ground that it just doesn't seem possible to what he had to say about that. cease. fire syrian government forces are advancing in some areas they've surrounded the rebels to think
against military intervention he also added washington's claims the full intelligence report providing firm evidence cannot be published disrespectful to its international partners so they get more from shawn thomas so sean clearly some very harsh words before obama made this decision some strong words now from moscow what's the reaction well certainly bill president vladimir putin spoke to reporters from a lot of all stuck here in russia where he did have strong clear words about the situation...
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it how did washington explain its decision. well moreno washington has been thinking for a while on how to best punish moscow for snowden and there were rumors that president obama may not go to the g. twenty summit in st petersburg last night he confirmed that he's go away this morning we learned that while he's going to russia for the summit the white house has scrapped the bilateral summit with the russian president and here's what the president's advisors said about this we said it was it will still work with russia on issues that we can find common ground but it was the unanimous view of the president and his national security team that is some it did not make sense in the current environment now as far as the current environment here's what we heard from president obama on the relations with russia he he said they times slipped back into a cold war thinking and a cold war mentality and he basically accused president putin of contributing to do that cold war mentality and one of the traits of the cold war was for tat moves
it how did washington explain its decision. well moreno washington has been thinking for a while on how to best punish moscow for snowden and there were rumors that president obama may not go to the g. twenty summit in st petersburg last night he confirmed that he's go away this morning we learned that while he's going to russia for the summit the white house has scrapped the bilateral summit with the russian president and here's what the president's advisors said about this we said it was it...
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should not go ahead with military intervention he also added that washington's claims the full intelligence report providing firm evidence cannot be published disrespectful to its international partners or to shore thomas has more on russia's reaction to the u.s. drums of war. president vladimir putin was addressing the press in vladivostok and he did have some strong words to say on the subject of syria he said that russia is of course against the use of chemical weapons and weapons of mass destruction but in this particularly we need to wait and see for the u.n. to do their job for the investigation to come forward and as that russia's position has always been then act in a lawful matter as a global community now one of the things he says is that it is ridiculous that the assad regime used weapons chemical weapons against his own people saying that under these circumstances it just doesn't call for it let's listen to what he had to say on that subject. syrian government forces are advancing in some areas they have surrounded the rebels to think that in such a time they would give a trump
should not go ahead with military intervention he also added that washington's claims the full intelligence report providing firm evidence cannot be published disrespectful to its international partners or to shore thomas has more on russia's reaction to the u.s. drums of war. president vladimir putin was addressing the press in vladivostok and he did have some strong words to say on the subject of syria he said that russia is of course against the use of chemical weapons and weapons of mass...
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leaker edward snowden moscow says washington still unwilling to build relations on an equal basis we follow that up. also ahead learning from us the united nations tells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this is al-qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. and the japanese government is forced now to step in to help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant contain a recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. all over a good heavy company this hour this is our team broadcasting live from moscow around the world on our top stories are just saying the breaking news this u.s. president barack obama's council the one to one with his russian counterpart vladimir putin for next month the decision prompted by moscow giving temporary refuge to the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden was met with disappointment in the kremlin is out he's going to teach you can know with the details live from washington and eco piskun off in moscow as well are they gonna first of all how did washington ex
leaker edward snowden moscow says washington still unwilling to build relations on an equal basis we follow that up. also ahead learning from us the united nations tells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this is al-qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. and the japanese government is forced now to step in to help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant contain a recently revealed massive leak of...
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on a copy of the washington post amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos spent less than one percent of his net worth on the entire company is this a new trend first i don't know murdoch buys dow jones and the koch brothers bought the tribune newspapers now beezus buys the washington post what's next. i have mixed feelings on this i mean i wasn't the biggest fan of the washington post begin with i think lots of newspapers around the country have kind of lost their calling of being a hard investigative journalism but i do have a problem with this notion that the only way to fix journalism is for some rich billionaire to come up and in via the company that's not the way to fix journalism or to fix journalism is to actually start doing journalism again which is what the washington post and other newspapers you so you're saying got a little bit of they got a little bit gimmicky but let's there's a difference between say the koch brothers and a company like amazon amazon is more tech oriented the koch brothers they're they're a little bit is there a
on a copy of the washington post amazon c.e.o. jeff bezos spent less than one percent of his net worth on the entire company is this a new trend first i don't know murdoch buys dow jones and the koch brothers bought the tribune newspapers now beezus buys the washington post what's next. i have mixed feelings on this i mean i wasn't the biggest fan of the washington post begin with i think lots of newspapers around the country have kind of lost their calling of being a hard investigative...
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yes well we see the seriousness of measures that washington is now taking in some of the embassies so do what does that mean and does it mean that u.s. has a learned a lesson from the previous attacks on its embassies. well i think i may have got the gist of the question i think one could be forgiven business ism skepticism the rush are often temporary asylum to edward snowden along came a terror threat based on presumably national security agency u.s. national security agency bugging of a phone call but. our hearing. room in yemen lead a. better time to explain to the american people that edward snowden must be a traitor because what the n.s.a. is doing is monitoring phone calls that protect u.s. service personnel. minimize the threat of terrorism against u.s. installations because of course president obama has been a great because sergeant for al qaeda whether it be this morning's drone strikes which killed four people. the mainstream press already saying they were militants no trial needed they just killed outright immediately. continued support for syrian syria so this terror thre
yes well we see the seriousness of measures that washington is now taking in some of the embassies so do what does that mean and does it mean that u.s. has a learned a lesson from the previous attacks on its embassies. well i think i may have got the gist of the question i think one could be forgiven business ism skepticism the rush are often temporary asylum to edward snowden along came a terror threat based on presumably national security agency u.s. national security agency bugging of a...
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been a washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture come january most of the major parts of obamacare will go into effect republicans are trying to sabotage a law that will give tens of millions of americans access to affordable health care but could the republican plan backfire that and more tonight big picture politics and also the twenty twelve presidential election was the longest and most expensive in american history besides all the famous romney flaws while will history remember the election the put the two americas on a collision course with each other as the washington post stand by.
been a washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture come january most of the major parts of obamacare will go into effect republicans are trying to sabotage a law that will give tens of millions of americans access to affordable health care but could the republican plan backfire that and more tonight big picture politics and also the twenty twelve presidential election was the longest and most expensive in american history besides all the famous romney flaws while will...
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group told us this runs counter to washington was declared democracy. is actually quite shameful to see countries and leaders of western governments who hail themselves as beacons of democracy supporting the slaughter of democracy and its supporters in egypt what obama came out and said yesterday is simply not enough this is what the obama subsidies to the army buys the slaughter of innocent men women and children the army may have pulled the trigger yes but it was the west that loaded the gun and the west must take an active stance against this it's not too late to side with democracy in egypt they must come out they must reject what is happening in egypt these cosmetic diplomatic maneuvers of free calling ambassadors and the tepid statements again they are not enough we are talking about people dying and revolution. and there's also disturbing web footage of civilians being fired on allegedly by army snipers in car just to warn you you might find some of these images coming out upsetting in this video you can see several men holding the other person a
group told us this runs counter to washington was declared democracy. is actually quite shameful to see countries and leaders of western governments who hail themselves as beacons of democracy supporting the slaughter of democracy and its supporters in egypt what obama came out and said yesterday is simply not enough this is what the obama subsidies to the army buys the slaughter of innocent men women and children the army may have pulled the trigger yes but it was the west that loaded the gun...
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message china's backyard washington ups its military aid to the philippines boosting control of the oil rich south china sea but adds more fuel to the friction with beijing. even kevin owen he was here live this is this is r.t. from moscow and first intense gunfire is raging in the egyptian capital where crowds of the ousted president supporters are battling a mass deployment of security forces on the streets at least fifty people both morsy loyalists and police officers have been killed in rioting that's been raging throughout the day in cairo according to security officials the death toll is also rising elsewhere in the country to go to our true she's in the capital hi there bel grim statistics again tonight how does it compare a sad comparison indeed with what we witnessed on wednesday. rob salie receiving yet another day of very bloody clashes here in the capital as well as across the country just days before the six hundred people were killed in on the occasions between security forces and supposedly one hundred mostly now the moment we go on the curfew is in paris by the president
message china's backyard washington ups its military aid to the philippines boosting control of the oil rich south china sea but adds more fuel to the friction with beijing. even kevin owen he was here live this is this is r.t. from moscow and first intense gunfire is raging in the egyptian capital where crowds of the ousted president supporters are battling a mass deployment of security forces on the streets at least fifty people both morsy loyalists and police officers have been killed in...
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but if the new will come on in washington d.c. all the face i decided to go. was. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm wrong recession. mission free. free. free. free. free. free. free. free. to teach me. access to the site of an alleged chemical attack the u.s. says it has. but russia is warning against forced assumptions. also this week military. requests a presidential pardon after being sentenced to thirty five years in jail for the biggest leak in america's history. will face the. british government. didn't materialize. the editor of the guardian newspaper reveals how he was pressured to destroy files he received from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden.
but if the new will come on in washington d.c. all the face i decided to go. was. a pleasure to have you with us here on t.v. today i'm wrong recession. mission free. free. free. free. free. free. free. free. to teach me. access to the site of an alleged chemical attack the u.s. says it has. but russia is warning against forced assumptions. also this week military. requests a presidential pardon after being sentenced to thirty five years in jail for the biggest leak in america's history. will...
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missile armed warship at the move the response to the escalating conflict in syria i mean while in washington the defense department is set to assess america's options over the crisis as despite a statement by barack obama that the u.s. must be weary of involvement in further costly interventions attentions have been running high following accusations by the syrian opposition that assad's forces gassed hundreds of people need their masks on wednesday analysts. believe the possibility of the us intervening in syria is now turning into an imminent reality . judging from the statements that have been made certainly in the house of representatives in congress there is a general sentiment towards some form of intervention which might come in the form of tactical strikes in the use of a cruise missiles although there is still reservationist to the extent that such an intervention will take at this point it will be probably a minor one with the use of tactical weapons without more the united states still remains rather bruised by involvement in afghanistan and in iraq so if they risk being involved
missile armed warship at the move the response to the escalating conflict in syria i mean while in washington the defense department is set to assess america's options over the crisis as despite a statement by barack obama that the u.s. must be weary of involvement in further costly interventions attentions have been running high following accusations by the syrian opposition that assad's forces gassed hundreds of people need their masks on wednesday analysts. believe the possibility of the us...
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national security interests and how washington can advance its objectives in syria meantime on friday the u.s. navy had. ship armed with missiles in the mediterranean u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel said obama has already asked the pentagon for options on syria according to c.b.s. news potential targets include command bunkers and launchers used to fire chemical weapons now up until this point the u.s. leader has been very cautious over intervening in syria previously saying quote the u.s. should be wary of being drawn into very expensive difficult costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in the region unquote however one year ago obama also said that chemical weapons used in syria would be a red line for the united states and now he is under pressure growing pressure to act u.s. officials have acknowledged that there is no conclusive evidence linking syrian president bashar al assad to this week's alleged chemical attacks nonetheless a state department spokesperson has also said that washington doesn't believe the rebels are capable of carrying out a chemical attac
national security interests and how washington can advance its objectives in syria meantime on friday the u.s. navy had. ship armed with missiles in the mediterranean u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel said obama has already asked the pentagon for options on syria according to c.b.s. news potential targets include command bunkers and launchers used to fire chemical weapons now up until this point the u.s. leader has been very cautious over intervening in syria previously saying quote the u.s....
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marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture come january most of the major parts of obamacare will go into effect republicans are trying to sabotage a law that will give tens of millions of americans access to affordable health care but could the republican plan backfire about that and more tonight big picture politics and also the twenty twelve presidential election was the longest and most expensive in american history besides all the famous romney flubs what will history remember about the election that put the two americas on a collision course with each other on the washington post's dan balz at the bottom of the hour and climate change is real deadly and worse than you ever imagine i'll tell you why in tonight's deleted. you need to know this the obama administration thinks that your cell phone is a suspicious object and wants to give police officers the power to search it without a warrant whether you're rested for terrorism or jaywalking as reported on in the washin
marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture come january most of the major parts of obamacare will go into effect republicans are trying to sabotage a law that will give tens of millions of americans access to affordable health care but could the republican plan backfire about that and more tonight big picture politics and also the twenty twelve presidential election was the longest and most expensive in american history besides all the famous romney flubs...
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leaker edward snowden moscow says washington is still unwilling to build relations on an equal basis we look at that story in detail this half hour also ahead. the united nations tells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred in by rebels in syria this is al qaeda linked groups the push to create a breakaway islamic state. and the japanese government is forced to step in now to try to help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant contain the recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. for a good evening from moscow it's one minute past eleven here in our top story from aarti international with me kevin now in the u.s. president barack obama's canceled a one to one with his russian counterpart vladimir putin that was should yield for next month the decision prompted by moscow giving temporary refuge to the whistleblower edward snowden was met with disappointment in the kremlin fears artie's going to she can with the details from washington and from moscow side of it hugo piskun off. washington has been thinking for a while on how to
leaker edward snowden moscow says washington is still unwilling to build relations on an equal basis we look at that story in detail this half hour also ahead. the united nations tells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred in by rebels in syria this is al qaeda linked groups the push to create a breakaway islamic state. and the japanese government is forced to step in now to try to help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant contain the recently...
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cruise missile and war ship the move is a response to the escalating conflict in syria meanwhile in washington the defense department is set to assess america's options with a crisis best despite a statement by barack obama but the u.s. must be weary of involvement in a further costly interventions tensions have been running high fully accuse a friends by this see we're in a position that our sons forces gassed hundreds of people and a mask is on wednesday. meanwhile the syrian opposition has pledged to guarantees safe access for u.n. team to inspect the site of the alleged deadly chemical attack and my colleague bill donned and. discussed it does a promise which can be kept. i have to understand that this statement came from the syrian national council which is essentially based in turkey and it's a bunch of men in suits and they're notoriously disjointed there has been a lot of criticism about their actions they can't seem to come to an agreement at the same time we also have to understand that we're talking about syria which is at this point penetrated by a whole number of rebel fighters a
cruise missile and war ship the move is a response to the escalating conflict in syria meanwhile in washington the defense department is set to assess america's options with a crisis best despite a statement by barack obama but the u.s. must be weary of involvement in a further costly interventions tensions have been running high fully accuse a friends by this see we're in a position that our sons forces gassed hundreds of people and a mask is on wednesday. meanwhile the syrian opposition has...
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citizens have taken to the streets in new york washington d.c. and several other cities around the country to protest airstrikes against the syrian people according to recent polls only nine percent of americans support a war in syria protesters that came out into the streets say that just like with weapons of mass destruction in iraq false information they believe is being told now about syria to justify another war us media reports have pointed to the likely source of the u.s. is relying on for its claim that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians the proof is said to be based on intercepted phone conversations evidence that was also used by washington a decade ago to justify the iraq war. and the specializing in u.s. national security policy says you bomb and ministration doesn't seem to be clear on its own objectives. it is so so difficult to figure out what the administration really thinks that it's doing and seriously though you know it is sometimes stated that we have to do it for humanitarian purposes and sometimes
citizens have taken to the streets in new york washington d.c. and several other cities around the country to protest airstrikes against the syrian people according to recent polls only nine percent of americans support a war in syria protesters that came out into the streets say that just like with weapons of mass destruction in iraq false information they believe is being told now about syria to justify another war us media reports have pointed to the likely source of the u.s. is relying on...
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i'll tell margaret in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on a special edition of the big picture americans on all sides of the political spectrum are having a tough time understanding all the intricacies of obamacare will sort through the nitty gritty of president obama's landmark legislation and talk about what obamacare means for you later in the show we'll talk to dan balz of the washington post about his new book collision twenty twelve which looks back at the election of two thousand and twelve and gives us a glimpse at the future of elections in america and we'll revisit my conversations with great minds with dr cornel west author professor and democratic intellectual and no for you my new book the crash of twenty sixteen the plot to destroy america and what we can do to stop it is now available for preorder at all online retailers like amazon dot com and your local bookstore so go check it out. here to help us sort through the nitty gritty of obamacare is karen davenport director of health policy o
i'll tell margaret in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on a special edition of the big picture americans on all sides of the political spectrum are having a tough time understanding all the intricacies of obamacare will sort through the nitty gritty of president obama's landmark legislation and talk about what obamacare means for you later in the show we'll talk to dan balz of the washington post about his new book collision twenty twelve which looks back at the election of...
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threat to the american mainland the taliban never said we are going to bomb the new york or to bomb washington or san francisco so i think of that american would like to put an end to the war against terrorism and they should pull out their troops from afghanistan that we did in iraq and leave the middle east alone and you mentioned the air the issue of drones and of course mr obama talked at length about his years of drones and he promised to scale down on had that application but it's not just about drones says senator for example if we take the issue of libya or syria you know drones for years there. the death toll and the. consequences of america's intervention are very dramatic and more specifically on syria what do you think was america's role do you think a bomber was to quick or to slow to intervene when i'm out and syria it is different situation he doesn't need to use drones until now but it is a war by a broker we are witnessing a war between saudi arabia the ally of america and american ministration. we are witnessing the lies of iran are involved in this war so there is a war betw
threat to the american mainland the taliban never said we are going to bomb the new york or to bomb washington or san francisco so i think of that american would like to put an end to the war against terrorism and they should pull out their troops from afghanistan that we did in iraq and leave the middle east alone and you mentioned the air the issue of drones and of course mr obama talked at length about his years of drones and he promised to scale down on had that application but it's not...
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procedures and invasive body searches are still part of the daily routine for many of the prisoners is a washington correspondent granted she can. every day in guantanamo it's groundhog day whether you're a guard or a prisoner that's how one officer described life and get mail every day's the same as the last and there is no escape for many inmates it's a painful routine routine that includes regular searches and force feeding twice a day for those who are on hunger strike the latest account from the prison comes from a british resident named shakur aamer has been held for eleven years of good will never charged with any crime shuckers been on hunger strike since january has also refused to leave his cells he writes i have said what i want to do just sit there for a week doing nothing just sitting it's about as nonviolent non-problematic protest as you could imagine but they won't let me do it so the forcible cell expression teen carries him out of the cell his hands and feet in shackles to a special place where they perform a search a pet down which sucker armor and other inmates call the good mom
procedures and invasive body searches are still part of the daily routine for many of the prisoners is a washington correspondent granted she can. every day in guantanamo it's groundhog day whether you're a guard or a prisoner that's how one officer described life and get mail every day's the same as the last and there is no escape for many inmates it's a painful routine routine that includes regular searches and force feeding twice a day for those who are on hunger strike the latest account...
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whistleblower bradley manning hope hans purple washington's will crimes to wiki leaks is now seeking a politician from the white house manning was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this week for the biggest leak of military data in history and dress to barack obama the whistleblower strive to pay the patriot act and to protect be very liberties america's hold dear but the mainstream media has launched a fresh smear campaign against him as if he's going to check out reports bradley manning sentence of thirty five years behind bars has said on and president of punishments threshold for whistleblowers bradley manning should be walking the streets and being treated for who is a whistle blower who exposed war crimes in iraq afghanistan secret war in yemen and the other corruption of the governments the us supported bradley manning supporters gathered outside the white house to call for the president to pardon the whistleblower the supporters of bradley manning say what's at stake here is not just manning the trip but also the future of journalism and the public's right to be informed
whistleblower bradley manning hope hans purple washington's will crimes to wiki leaks is now seeking a politician from the white house manning was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this week for the biggest leak of military data in history and dress to barack obama the whistleblower strive to pay the patriot act and to protect be very liberties america's hold dear but the mainstream media has launched a fresh smear campaign against him as if he's going to check out reports bradley manning...
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following the nine eleven terrorist attacks on the us washington said its nuclear facilities were more than capable of withstanding a similar assault but a new study now claims over one hundred american reactors are vulnerable to an airborne attack find more details of their report online. area fifty one a tory as you have photos citing locale and source of countless conspiracy theories is declassified by the cia peep through the fog of mystery and find out more about what was going on there by logging on to our website. download the official publication to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television well it just doesn't matter how would your mobile device if you could watch your t.v. any time anyway. portrayed as the purest of the pure bottled drinking water is often associated with mountain glaciers and fresh springs but its image is being tainted by the huge profits big business makes and the environmental damage from the bottles and separates the facts from the marketing hype. going a day without water is hard to imagine
following the nine eleven terrorist attacks on the us washington said its nuclear facilities were more than capable of withstanding a similar assault but a new study now claims over one hundred american reactors are vulnerable to an airborne attack find more details of their report online. area fifty one a tory as you have photos citing locale and source of countless conspiracy theories is declassified by the cia peep through the fog of mystery and find out more about what was going on there by...
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i'm joined by a bell in damascus he is a syrian academic with the syrian foreign press in washington we have michael shank he is the director of foreign policy at the friends comedian national legislation and a professor at george mason university and in new york we cross to ed he is a associate editor at reason twenty four seventh's having cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want michael in watching if i go to you first secretary kerry is absolutely convinced the assad regime has used chemical weapons against its people he doesn't give any proof but he's absolutely convinced and now we have the drumbeat to war i think i saw this movie and it has a very bad ending you know what i mean yes certainly we did the same in iraq we undermined u.n. inspectors there we're doing the same in syria we actually called on the inspectors in syria to abort their mission certainly paving the way for an easier strike on our end so we don't kill any u.n. inspectors but it's it's a little spurious to say that we have the evidence when the inspectors actually don't have th
i'm joined by a bell in damascus he is a syrian academic with the syrian foreign press in washington we have michael shank he is the director of foreign policy at the friends comedian national legislation and a professor at george mason university and in new york we cross to ed he is a associate editor at reason twenty four seventh's having cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want michael in watching if i go to you first secretary kerry is absolutely convinced...
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on what washington drinks. hey larry welcome to the governor my name's couric i'm going to take in kerry tonight larry so this first guinness is on me. with the mixing politics and beer here since one nine hundred seventy four it's a good irish concert right around the corner from capitol hill we have a lot of political those that come in this way some going to make one of our famous pints of guinness the frock obama had here and the way for a good time to get a hold of a forty five degree angle. just where the harp is going to let that saddle for about a minute and a half until it's like this here nice and saddle we're going to push the handle forward. we call this to show you that about a minute we'll turn an ice block for you and the top here is a little collar has to sit above the heart that's how you know you've got a good point. going to see how it's the way to watch i know the people on the hill aren't all was that patient but you have to be patient when you come into the delta . club and you got all the
on what washington drinks. hey larry welcome to the governor my name's couric i'm going to take in kerry tonight larry so this first guinness is on me. with the mixing politics and beer here since one nine hundred seventy four it's a good irish concert right around the corner from capitol hill we have a lot of political those that come in this way some going to make one of our famous pints of guinness the frock obama had here and the way for a good time to get a hold of a forty five degree...
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i so guys this past weekend in washington d.c. it was the hollywood event of the year celebrities like katy perry nicole kidman steven spielberg sharon stone and kevin spacey all came together for one glamorous annual gala the white house correspondents dinner that's right the event that was once focused on awarding journalism scholarships and only televised on c.-span has evolved into just another celebrity red carpet love fest look it's no surprise that hollywood has a very tight relationship with the white house is everything from helping with movie scripts to campaign contributions to this. point to gradually all the nominees and their tremendous work they made us laugh they made us weep and they made us group our armrests just a little tighter yes who could forget michelle obama acting like an academy award winner herself announcing the oscars best picture this year the back to the white house dinner it just host government officials and a list celebs it has the most influential media players in the biz and the fact that main
i so guys this past weekend in washington d.c. it was the hollywood event of the year celebrities like katy perry nicole kidman steven spielberg sharon stone and kevin spacey all came together for one glamorous annual gala the white house correspondents dinner that's right the event that was once focused on awarding journalism scholarships and only televised on c.-span has evolved into just another celebrity red carpet love fest look it's no surprise that hollywood has a very tight relationship...
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no take to take moscow lashes out of washington for not wanting to build relations on an equal footing following president obama's decision to cancel a summit with vladimir putin. kevin i would just have to tempe on the school time tonight kids in syria calling out for international help to prevent genocide against their people it follows reports of mass murders in abductions of civilians by rebel forces it is ridiculous to report . the kurdish democratic union has officially turned to the international community asking them to pay close attention and to rescue them from the fighting that is happening in this region and essentially asking the likes of the un to save kurds who are being among the syrians who are killed on the basis of their regional and secretary and identity among them they're saying a lot of women children and the elderly in this statement the kurds are saying that these practices are fully alike with ethnic cleansing and genocide and of course they're accusing the cell a few groups in the groups such as the a loser front operating in this region the russian foreign m
no take to take moscow lashes out of washington for not wanting to build relations on an equal footing following president obama's decision to cancel a summit with vladimir putin. kevin i would just have to tempe on the school time tonight kids in syria calling out for international help to prevent genocide against their people it follows reports of mass murders in abductions of civilians by rebel forces it is ridiculous to report . the kurdish democratic union has officially turned to the...
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i don't think washington is supporting the rebels and i think. one of the major complaints by the rebel groups is that american weapons being not to be iraq. and i think that was there very much a phrase washington very much break loose going to hurt those weapons or those weapons in the long run. you know rhetorically support the more moderate rebels in syria but they will not have the weapons or or anything like that. they don't want to go into the hands off hide. the weaponry that the rebels do have to come in through. in the gulf you know like this or you. are. and briefly other than embassies what could be a target in this latest threat or this announcement of a possible threat almost any i mean anything that. the united states including will local local governments or local security agencies in the anything like that try private property in businesses that are. americans i mean it's. very very difficult to prevent this sort of thing happening every once in a while. and it will happen because there's no no change in murder. all right your th
i don't think washington is supporting the rebels and i think. one of the major complaints by the rebel groups is that american weapons being not to be iraq. and i think that was there very much a phrase washington very much break loose going to hurt those weapons or those weapons in the long run. you know rhetorically support the more moderate rebels in syria but they will not have the weapons or or anything like that. they don't want to go into the hands off hide. the weaponry that the rebels...
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maybe what they need to do is to march on washington you know obama in his march to washington spoke about the power of movement to bring change i think maybe they need to march on washington organize people and begin to bring change in america's foreign policy but unlike clear if they have legal resource though i know the british government has pressed for release of a number british citizens perhaps the british government in the french government have to demand that the united states make reparations to people who are held for three years without any charges ok thanks for thought so try to say you have hopes for university much appreciated thank you. at r.t. dot com we outline a courtroom battle between washington and tehran tonight with the rand preparing to sue the united states for masterminding the month you could see three to the top of the country democratically elected leadership is going to hold a clicks if you want to check it out so why not do so please also there is well more about mark's multi-million dollar deals assigned a record number of participants involved this y
maybe what they need to do is to march on washington you know obama in his march to washington spoke about the power of movement to bring change i think maybe they need to march on washington organize people and begin to bring change in america's foreign policy but unlike clear if they have legal resource though i know the british government has pressed for release of a number british citizens perhaps the british government in the french government have to demand that the united states make...
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washington said its nuclear facilities were more than capable of withstanding a similar assault but a new study now claims over one hundred american reactors are vulnerable to an airborne attack details on line for you. plus area fifty one a notorious u.f.o. sighting locale and source of countless conspiracy theories is classified by the cia through the fog of mystery and find out more about what is going on there by logging on to our team dot com. portrayed as the purest of the pure bottle drinking water is often associated with mountain glaciers and fresh springs but its image is being tainted by the huge profits big businesses make and the environmental damage from bottles are he's an associate circulus separates the facts from the marketing hype. going a day without water is hard to imagine. but so was paying a lot more money for the same think that comes out of a task so. americans are the number one consumers of bottled water in the world but why are people paying so much more than they have to cook the bottled water industry simply be tricking us part of the wire is a huge get
washington said its nuclear facilities were more than capable of withstanding a similar assault but a new study now claims over one hundred american reactors are vulnerable to an airborne attack details on line for you. plus area fifty one a notorious u.f.o. sighting locale and source of countless conspiracy theories is classified by the cia through the fog of mystery and find out more about what is going on there by logging on to our team dot com. portrayed as the purest of the pure bottle...
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from the fog of war to the drums of war washington and its western and regional allies are again agitating for a senseless conflict in the middle east this time against syria again it's all about weapons of mass destruction an echo of the catastrophe called iraq western military intervention in syria only make things worse. to cross-talk the war in syria i'm joined by in damascus he is a syrian academic with the syrian foreign press in washington we have michael shank he is the director of foreign policy at the friends committee on national legislation and a professor at george mason university and in new york we crossed ed he is a associate editor at reason twenty four seventh's having cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want michael in watching if i go to you first. secretary kerry is absolutely convinced the assad regime has used chemical weapons against its people he doesn't give any proof but he's absolutely convinced and now we have the drumbeat to war i think i saw this movie and it has a very bad ending you know what i mean yes certainly we did the s
from the fog of war to the drums of war washington and its western and regional allies are again agitating for a senseless conflict in the middle east this time against syria again it's all about weapons of mass destruction an echo of the catastrophe called iraq western military intervention in syria only make things worse. to cross-talk the war in syria i'm joined by in damascus he is a syrian academic with the syrian foreign press in washington we have michael shank he is the director of...
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it's thursday august first eight pm in washington d.c. and meghan lopez and you are watching r t well our top story tonight is edward snowden he has left a share meant to have all airport in moscow after russian authorities granted him temporary asylum in the country the attorney for the former n.s.a. contractor says the documents allowing him into russia were issued today snowden is now allowed to live work and travel in the country for up to a year this temporary asylum is also renewable almost as soon as those papers were issued edward snowden packed his bags and left the airport bound for an undisclosed location know where he goes from here and what he does from here on out is still very much a mystery for the latest from moscow earlier i spoke to our to correspondent lizzie france and i asked her if she has any idea where edward snowden is. well that is the million dollar question in moscow right now there's been no official indication of where he may have been headed when he left the airport wiki leaks did release a statement saying
it's thursday august first eight pm in washington d.c. and meghan lopez and you are watching r t well our top story tonight is edward snowden he has left a share meant to have all airport in moscow after russian authorities granted him temporary asylum in the country the attorney for the former n.s.a. contractor says the documents allowing him into russia were issued today snowden is now allowed to live work and travel in the country for up to a year this temporary asylum is also renewable...
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massing in china's backyard washington ops its military aid to the philippines boosting control in the oil rich south china sea but adds more fuel to the friction with beijing. plus more snooping shame as the embattled n.s.a. is revealed to have been violating u.s. surveillance rules thousands of times a year. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina josh welcome to the program . intense gunfire is being reported in the egyptian capital were scores of the ousted president supporters are battling a mass deployment of security forces on the streets both morsy euless and police officers have been killed in the cairo riots and elsewhere in the country belt true as in the egyptian capital. it's another chaotic day here in egypt so most of what the supporters of mohamed morsy call the day of rage in ramses square which is in downtown cairo just off the area is absolutely massive the moment twenty eight marches converged on the square when they basically intended to set up a sit in by about half past two three pm gunshots could be heard both automatic weapons and ri
massing in china's backyard washington ops its military aid to the philippines boosting control in the oil rich south china sea but adds more fuel to the friction with beijing. plus more snooping shame as the embattled n.s.a. is revealed to have been violating u.s. surveillance rules thousands of times a year. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina josh welcome to the program . intense gunfire is being reported in the egyptian capital were scores of the ousted...
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well next our washington team delves behind financial headlines and prime interest. everyone respects a promise written in stone the promise was written on the internet well they're a bit more flexible and a lot easier to erase obama made a lot of promises as a candidate on his site change dot gov including some about protecting whistleblowers and obama said that we need to empower federal employees as watchdogs and that he would strengthen the whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who expose waste fraud and abuse of authority and government but strangely imposed. coincidentally two days after the first revelation of government spying by still did these promises of the change dot gov site were taken down if this is not just some odd coincidence and they consciously chose to hide obama's campaign promises that this is political cowardice at its worst and what is even worse is that they didn't think that this would get exposed almost immediately if you try to conduct some sort of medieval book burning to destroy information on the internet then you are only goi
well next our washington team delves behind financial headlines and prime interest. everyone respects a promise written in stone the promise was written on the internet well they're a bit more flexible and a lot easier to erase obama made a lot of promises as a candidate on his site change dot gov including some about protecting whistleblowers and obama said that we need to empower federal employees as watchdogs and that he would strengthen the whistleblower laws to protect federal workers who...
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over washington accuses president asad of using callicles on civilians r t looks at america's own murky past from deadly agent orange in viet nam to depleted uranium in iraq. and after dozens of convicted sex offenders in britain get themselves taken off a police watch list r.t. talks to one child abuse victim fears for the public safety. this is already coming to life from the russian capital with me marina joshie the u.s. and british drive to launch a military operation against syria has come up against new hurdles both abroad in the home and westminster where parliament's about to meet prime minister cameron is unlikely to get the main opposition party onside to approve a strike earlier the u.n. security council failed to agree on how to act but britain says even without sanction an attack will be justified on humanitarian grounds laura smith reports from london. david cameron has realised that he's probably not going to get the votes for an immediate motion on military strikes on syria and so he's put the brakes on slightly opposition leader ed miliband said that he was going to mak
over washington accuses president asad of using callicles on civilians r t looks at america's own murky past from deadly agent orange in viet nam to depleted uranium in iraq. and after dozens of convicted sex offenders in britain get themselves taken off a police watch list r.t. talks to one child abuse victim fears for the public safety. this is already coming to life from the russian capital with me marina joshie the u.s. and british drive to launch a military operation against syria has come...
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or the sandinistas in the battle against the contras in nicaragua we had numerous officials within washington denouncing us as fifth columnists supporters of terrorists so i've already heard the rhetoric already know how it goes down but this essentially goes beyond rhetoric and empowers the state not only to brand you linguistically a terrorist but treats you legally as a terrorist. this is an issue that we felt important enough to cover and dedicate the entire show to but there's a fork in the road right now and there's a choice we all have to make we're going to relinquish our rights or we can stand for them for the time to act is now i also want to say thank you to many great people for making today show happen spero projects and it's the pani and the plaintiff's attorneys in the case chris hedges. aleck's o'brien and of course justin radek and thomas drake as well as all the brave heroic activists and journalists out there who are not afraid to speak truth to power so let's keep doing it. what defines a country's success. faceless figures of economic growth. or a factual standard of livi
or the sandinistas in the battle against the contras in nicaragua we had numerous officials within washington denouncing us as fifth columnists supporters of terrorists so i've already heard the rhetoric already know how it goes down but this essentially goes beyond rhetoric and empowers the state not only to brand you linguistically a terrorist but treats you legally as a terrorist. this is an issue that we felt important enough to cover and dedicate the entire show to but there's a fork in...
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me over in washington debate over the valences swept under the rug along with snooping initiatives all this despite most people's apparent disapproval of it all. in the u.s. keeps its citizens away from the middle east due to an unspecified terror threat look at the butterfly effect of washington support for the rebellion in syria. a very good morning to you from all of us here in moscow. live top world headlines . a fresh surveillance scandal unveiling in the u.k. it's been revealed that major telecom companies are secretly collaborating with the british intelligence agency giving it unlimited access to the private communications of millions of customers documents naming a rise in business vodafone cable and bt among the companies aiding g c h q a to intercept much of the world's online telephone traffic but all of this story recently leaked by the whistleblower edward snowden course it comes on the heels of previous revelations showing the agency was generously financed by the n.s.a. this report from london. these are three big companies and the four smaller companies really making u
me over in washington debate over the valences swept under the rug along with snooping initiatives all this despite most people's apparent disapproval of it all. in the u.s. keeps its citizens away from the middle east due to an unspecified terror threat look at the butterfly effect of washington support for the rebellion in syria. a very good morning to you from all of us here in moscow. live top world headlines . a fresh surveillance scandal unveiling in the u.k. it's been revealed that major...
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seeing quite a lot of a chip come into play paul you talk about the military posturing on the part of washington with it with a fourth warship heading to the region as well the warning. serious consequence of serious retaliation to syria when it comes to the chemical attack but that's just it that was in it i mean it's allegations and it's speculation at this point well this is a very important point all the indications and all the allegations are essentially speculation and we have real news of video and still photographs that have been posted to you tube all of them purport to show chemical attacks carried out in syria but none of this footage can be verified the damascus regime is increasingly being accused of carrying out chemical weaponry and there is no evidence no evidence whatsoever to suggest this the russian foreign ministry made the point that a lot of the allegations that pointed to the fact that the damascus regime that carried out these attacks were allegations that were posted online hours before this latest so-called attack was carried out the foreign ministry saying that they ar
seeing quite a lot of a chip come into play paul you talk about the military posturing on the part of washington with it with a fourth warship heading to the region as well the warning. serious consequence of serious retaliation to syria when it comes to the chemical attack but that's just it that was in it i mean it's allegations and it's speculation at this point well this is a very important point all the indications and all the allegations are essentially speculation and we have real news...
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oh i'm sorry but in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on a special edition of the big picture americans on all sides of the political spectrum are having a tough time understanding all the intricacies of obamacare we'll sort through the nitty gritty of president obama's landmark legislation and talk about what obamacare means for you later in the show we'll talk to dan balz of the washington post about his new book collision twenty twelve which looks back at the election of two thousand and twelve and gives us a glimpse at the future of elections in america and we'll revisit my conversations with great minds with dr cornel west on.
oh i'm sorry but in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on a special edition of the big picture americans on all sides of the political spectrum are having a tough time understanding all the intricacies of obamacare we'll sort through the nitty gritty of president obama's landmark legislation and talk about what obamacare means for you later in the show we'll talk to dan balz of the washington post about his new book collision twenty twelve which looks back at the election of...
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right now in washington d.c. for the next five days or so before the researchers and military intelligence officials are witnessing for over thirty hours. about these disclosures about different instances and so that's really interesting that that's going on right now but let's move on to the m.l.k. assassination you know what we were at a time and as we've gone to obama we're going to move on right to obama today who has a classified more documents he's spent already eleven billion dollars in classified documents of our two thousand and eleven spent eleven eleven billion dollars to keep more information secret has denied more fully a request last year than he did when he when he took office is arguably the least transparent president that we've had ever. really ironic about this is that remember the platform was odeo the bush administration they want to even give you information about the economy there were holding statistics about the economy but look at the obama administration's war on whistleblowers. indefin
right now in washington d.c. for the next five days or so before the researchers and military intelligence officials are witnessing for over thirty hours. about these disclosures about different instances and so that's really interesting that that's going on right now but let's move on to the m.l.k. assassination you know what we were at a time and as we've gone to obama we're going to move on right to obama today who has a classified more documents he's spent already eleven billion dollars in...
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yemen even further despite no precise intelligence on terrorist targets there according to reports from washington this may well be sending chills down the spines of ordinary yemenis who bear the brunt of the unmanned attacks and even pushes some to join the ranks of al qaida. reports recent research suggests that since two thousand and two was drone strikes in yemen have claimed the lives of over eight hundred seventy people ninety nine percent of those victims were killed under the obama administration thirty eight since late july alone washington claims most of them were suspected al qaeda terrorists but locals are painting a different picture it's hard to verify the exact number of civilian deaths i would miss reports are often contradictory and the bodies of those killed in drone strikes are sometimes too badly charred to be identified in september last year thirteen civilians were killed including women and children near the village of. yemen u.s. officials were anonymously quoted as saying their intended target was completely missed and the incident was a mistake but no official acknowledge
yemen even further despite no precise intelligence on terrorist targets there according to reports from washington this may well be sending chills down the spines of ordinary yemenis who bear the brunt of the unmanned attacks and even pushes some to join the ranks of al qaida. reports recent research suggests that since two thousand and two was drone strikes in yemen have claimed the lives of over eight hundred seventy people ninety nine percent of those victims were killed under the obama...
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to discuss what he knew and now in the official decision and place what reaction can we expect from washington well i'm sure they'll put a lot of pressure on the russian government to. to to arrest him obviously the probably are the laws in place to do that but i think they will put pressure in that kind of way and i think this is going to be quite an uncomfortable situation i dare say that edward snowden may want you know in the long term he may have other destinations in mind. but i'm sure it will not be a good thing for united states russian relations and because of that i have to say we you know i have to say that the there's been some courage from the russian government in doing this and they have done the right thing are i actually think that the real rippin governments also should have been open to applications of asylum from edward snowden not least because it's european setters and had their rights impinged you know with impunity in all of this by the british and the american government i think many of the european states should have said that they would regard him not just as a whist
to discuss what he knew and now in the official decision and place what reaction can we expect from washington well i'm sure they'll put a lot of pressure on the russian government to. to to arrest him obviously the probably are the laws in place to do that but i think they will put pressure in that kind of way and i think this is going to be quite an uncomfortable situation i dare say that edward snowden may want you know in the long term he may have other destinations in mind. but i'm sure it...
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we were spending as an example a billion dollars a year in the city of washington d.c. on public education and yet of that billion dollars only four hundred three million of it was going into the classrooms and into the schools that means the majority of that money was being spent in this bloated bureaucracy so if you don't fix the system you can throw a whole lot more money into it and not get any different outcome right what you have to do is fix the fundamentals and the foundation of the system and that way if you put more money and you'll get a different result are we doing right. well i think that there are right now for example i think there's a move towards a set of national standards academic standards called the common core i think you are setting in the very rigid vision love arnie duncan i think he's doing a great job and i think that what he did through president obama's race to the top in. it was incredibly innovative and you know instead of just taking the money and sending it down to the states through a formula saying look here's some here's some dollars
we were spending as an example a billion dollars a year in the city of washington d.c. on public education and yet of that billion dollars only four hundred three million of it was going into the classrooms and into the schools that means the majority of that money was being spent in this bloated bureaucracy so if you don't fix the system you can throw a whole lot more money into it and not get any different outcome right what you have to do is fix the fundamentals and the foundation of the...
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ok michael i want to go back to you in washington like you mentioned before the break international law where was the international with iraq and again that's how i started this program this is a bad movie and it's being repeated again we haven't learned anything the u.s. hasn't learned anything. right we like to enforce international law when it's convenient certainly when we're dealing with iran we care about the n.p.t. and iran is flouting the n.p.t. but when it comes to un inspectors in iraq or syria we're keen to flout that we're also not keen to support the i.c.c. i mean we've sent folks but shirin sudan and kenyatta and can we've sent folks to i.c.c. for less than what assad has committed in syria certainly that would be an appropriate path to follow but also international diplomacy my point about only engaging russia why are we engaging iran and hezbollah and other stakeholders they have leverage over syria i mean even israel president shimon peres saying we should engage the arab league we have engaged the arab league extensively on syria we did a little bit on libya and then a
ok michael i want to go back to you in washington like you mentioned before the break international law where was the international with iraq and again that's how i started this program this is a bad movie and it's being repeated again we haven't learned anything the u.s. hasn't learned anything. right we like to enforce international law when it's convenient certainly when we're dealing with iran we care about the n.p.t. and iran is flouting the n.p.t. but when it comes to un inspectors in...
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well i'm tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture a federal judge has found new york's controversial stop and frisk program unconstitutional there bloomberg and n.y.p.d. police chief ray kelly are our age that is that is ruling as sweeping as it sounds that just a moment also despite months of controversy and public outcry the n.s.a.'s biggest supporters want to make and smoothing program even bigger what kind of reforms most our government make protect our civil liberties and major league baseball doesn't let the richest teams bribe umpires to widen the strike zone and congress should allow big banks bridal.
well i'm tom hartman in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture a federal judge has found new york's controversial stop and frisk program unconstitutional there bloomberg and n.y.p.d. police chief ray kelly are our age that is that is ruling as sweeping as it sounds that just a moment also despite months of controversy and public outcry the n.s.a.'s biggest supporters want to make and smoothing program even bigger what kind of reforms most our government make...
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bush's administration she thinks washington won't change its tune. it's hard to see how they were they could meet in the middle of the two key issues or the islamic republic of iran that i think are ensconced in international law or that the united states recognize its sovereign right and its treaty right to enrich uranium that's something that the united states has shown no evidence it is willing or able to do with the the obama administration and congress the other piece that critically important for the islamic republic is for the united states to ease and lift at least some of its sanctions that it has imposed on the islamic republic and forced or tried to course countries from around the world to impose on the islamic republic of iraq that too will be very very difficult for president obama to leverage because many most nearly i think sixty sixty five percent of the sanctions imposed on iraq are now are now legislated are now in u.s. law president obama simply does not have the power to lift those sanctions without the acquiescence of congress t
bush's administration she thinks washington won't change its tune. it's hard to see how they were they could meet in the middle of the two key issues or the islamic republic of iran that i think are ensconced in international law or that the united states recognize its sovereign right and its treaty right to enrich uranium that's something that the united states has shown no evidence it is willing or able to do with the the obama administration and congress the other piece that critically...
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now the aggressive rhetoric from washington has pushed it into another round of heated exchanges with russia the two countries join a plan conference in geneva and the brokering peace between the warring sides in syria is now close to collapse well joining me live now is ortiz lucy confident of . i there i really see well talk us through the reaction from both sides the situation in syria charbel russia and the u.s. have been scheduled to meet in the hague on wednesday this is to discuss setting up that international conference and actually finding a political solution to the crisis now on monday the u.s. state department had indicated that the meeting would be postponed because of quote ongoing consultations over that alleged chemical weapons attack in syria now russia meanwhile had expressed regret about that decision the deputy foreign minister had taken to twitter to say that working out the political program matters for a resolution on syria would be especially useful with the threat of force hanging over the country the russian foreign ministry spokesman alexander lucas also iss
now the aggressive rhetoric from washington has pushed it into another round of heated exchanges with russia the two countries join a plan conference in geneva and the brokering peace between the warring sides in syria is now close to collapse well joining me live now is ortiz lucy confident of . i there i really see well talk us through the reaction from both sides the situation in syria charbel russia and the u.s. have been scheduled to meet in the hague on wednesday this is to discuss...
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i think we're going to washington d.c. to take back. i mean no one is still tied with john kerry with the train suggests he will soon fall behind only fifty seven percent of new hampshire democrats had a favorable impression of dean only nineteen percent an unfavorable impression but the day after iowa dean's favorable number here dropped to thirty nine percent he's unfavorable number rose to thirty percent so there is the media's and here paul numbers drop significantly but it was only after they were playing this ad nauseum you know it's this if it's fun i have a lot of fun with this but it wasn't a significant moment of the campaign so you're going to out of the campaign was the fact that we empowered a million people to make the democratic party but my passion is a lapdog for george bush why do you think the media did this to you i think the media just looks for good stories and this was this was an interesting story nobody wrote about this who was in the hall of the time because there was so much noise that it didn't seem reasonabl
i think we're going to washington d.c. to take back. i mean no one is still tied with john kerry with the train suggests he will soon fall behind only fifty seven percent of new hampshire democrats had a favorable impression of dean only nineteen percent an unfavorable impression but the day after iowa dean's favorable number here dropped to thirty nine percent he's unfavorable number rose to thirty percent so there is the media's and here paul numbers drop significantly but it was only after...
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well i'm tell marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. the united states is number one in the world in incarcerations so it was encouraging to see attorney general eric holder yesterday partially admit that nixon's war on drugs has been been a complete failure right that and more in finance politics panel and what iran died in one thousand nine hundred two she was the leader of an outlandish cult you know believes were dismissed by the mainstream right fast forward two decades in an altered capitalist laissez faire economic ideas are beloved by the majority of conservatives on capitol hill so how did she go from a radical cook to a conservative superstar.
well i'm tell marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. the united states is number one in the world in incarcerations so it was encouraging to see attorney general eric holder yesterday partially admit that nixon's war on drugs has been been a complete failure right that and more in finance politics panel and what iran died in one thousand nine hundred two she was the leader of an outlandish cult you know believes were dismissed by the mainstream right...
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dot com and so far the majority almost half of those who voted say washington wants to divert americans from domestic problems around thirty percent of you think the pentagon's message it's ready to strike no matter what obama says about being cautious while fourteen percent say the u.s. wants political leverage over chemical arms and the u.n. probe and a minority which is ten percent so far say that the pentagon is ready for and it's just in case so local to dot com to cast. right seems. first rate. and i think. was a blog bradley manning was sentenced to thirty five years in prison this week he was responsible for the massive leak of classified data that exposed american war crimes in iraq and afghanistan the former on the product is now hoping for a pardon from the us president mani addressed a letter to obama insisting he acted out of love for his country seeking to protect the values and ideals of the united states the ex soldier also said he would gladly pay the price for living in a free american society but as also he has granted to take our reports now if the debate over mannin
dot com and so far the majority almost half of those who voted say washington wants to divert americans from domestic problems around thirty percent of you think the pentagon's message it's ready to strike no matter what obama says about being cautious while fourteen percent say the u.s. wants political leverage over chemical arms and the u.n. probe and a minority which is ten percent so far say that the pentagon is ready for and it's just in case so local to dot com to cast. right seems. first...
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and no tete a tete moscow lashes out of washington for not wanting to build relations on equal footing following president obama's decision to cancel a summit with weimer putin.
and no tete a tete moscow lashes out of washington for not wanting to build relations on equal footing following president obama's decision to cancel a summit with weimer putin.
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is missing washington d.c. is the only world couple to never host an olympic games all the major capitals in the world we feel like this is the right time for d.c. in. the district is among the cities bidding to host the twenty twenty four olympic games hosting the olympics has historically been a point of pride it gets the international spotlight and the hope is that it will generate big bucks and i think it would it would entice people to come here to need boosting the economy i mean three cities are is already very good here but it's going to be bringing a different kind of tourism here but hosting the olympics comes with a big price the group taking on the bed estimates it will cost three to six billion dollars elsewhere a cost several times that and the host city usually spends much more than planned i don't know whether the economics work out those that's a little more difficult to know i think it probably be a mere minute and a week long believe me or simply because of the congestion that we have already
is missing washington d.c. is the only world couple to never host an olympic games all the major capitals in the world we feel like this is the right time for d.c. in. the district is among the cities bidding to host the twenty twenty four olympic games hosting the olympics has historically been a point of pride it gets the international spotlight and the hope is that it will generate big bucks and i think it would it would entice people to come here to need boosting the economy i mean three...
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i have mixed feelings on this i mean i wasn't the biggest fan of the washington post begin with i think lots of newspapers around the country have kind of lost their calling of being a hard investigative journalism but i do have a problem with this notion that the only way to fix journalism is for some rich billionaire to come up in and buy the vie the company that's not the way to fix journalism or to fix journalism is to actually start doing journalism again which is what the washington post and other newspapers you so you're saying got a little bit of they got a little bit gimmicky but let's there's a difference between say the koch brothers and a company like amazon amazon is more tech oriented the koch brothers they're they're a little bit is there a difference i think you know there were when the koch brothers were trying to buy the tribune in everything there was concerns that they would use editorial decisions to push their political agenda i think it's been pretty clear that amazon has a somewhat libertarian economic political agenda. spent millions of dollars trying to avoid t
i have mixed feelings on this i mean i wasn't the biggest fan of the washington post begin with i think lots of newspapers around the country have kind of lost their calling of being a hard investigative journalism but i do have a problem with this notion that the only way to fix journalism is for some rich billionaire to come up in and buy the vie the company that's not the way to fix journalism or to fix journalism is to actually start doing journalism again which is what the washington post...
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i so guys this past weekend in washington d.c. it was the hollywood event of the year celebrities like katy perry nicole kidman steven spielberg sharon stone and kevin spacey all came together for one glamorous annual gala the white house correspondents dinner that's right the event that was once focused on awarding journalism scholarships and only televised on c.-span has evolved into just another celebrity red carpet love fest look it's no surprise that hollywood has a very tight relationship with the white house is everything from helping with movie scripts to campaign contributions to this. point to gradually all the nominees and their tremendous work they made us laugh they made us weep and they made us group our armrests just a little tighter yes who could forget michelle obama acting like an academy award winner herself announcing the oscars best picture this year the back to the white house dinner it just host government officials and a list celebs it has the most influential media players in the biz and the fact that main
i so guys this past weekend in washington d.c. it was the hollywood event of the year celebrities like katy perry nicole kidman steven spielberg sharon stone and kevin spacey all came together for one glamorous annual gala the white house correspondents dinner that's right the event that was once focused on awarding journalism scholarships and only televised on c.-span has evolved into just another celebrity red carpet love fest look it's no surprise that hollywood has a very tight relationship...
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foreign policy joining us live from washington for us what a bomber he's really under public pressure and also his major allies the u.k. and nato. intervention at just how much that these factors impact on his decision to consult congress. i think it played a major role i think the fact he was prepared to go without a united nations resolution which of course would make any military strike illegal but he was counting on certainly the brits he was counting on the u.k. to come on board i think he was quite blindsided by that decision by the british parliament and then to find out that nato said no and that the arab league said no france isn't quite enough as an international ally i think all of that plus the fact that almost two hundred members of congress have signed letters in recent days demanding that there be some consultation with congress all of that pushed him to recognize that he could not just go ahead with this military strike and think he was going to retain public support for it public support is very very low for a military strike more than half say explicitly they're agai
foreign policy joining us live from washington for us what a bomber he's really under public pressure and also his major allies the u.k. and nato. intervention at just how much that these factors impact on his decision to consult congress. i think it played a major role i think the fact he was prepared to go without a united nations resolution which of course would make any military strike illegal but he was counting on certainly the brits he was counting on the u.k. to come on board i think he...
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twenty summit next month and washington says that russia's granting asylum to n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden was a factor in that decision more on that this development now with our friends joining us live now lizzie so no face to face meeting with the between the russian added the you as a leader is this. tell us how did that all came about. well to have it was certainly hinted at when all of this discussion was going on initially whatever snowden was still at sheremetyevo airport before he had gotten his papers the state department and the white house had issued statements saying they would both be very disappointed if he were granted asylum in russia if you were even allowed to leave the airport while his paperwork was being processed when it was then announced to the media in the world on august first that he would be allowed to live in russia for twelve months allowed to work and stay here the u.s. government responded swiftly and that's when the white house said that while the president will be attending the g twenty there will be no face to face meeting wi
twenty summit next month and washington says that russia's granting asylum to n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden was a factor in that decision more on that this development now with our friends joining us live now lizzie so no face to face meeting with the between the russian added the you as a leader is this. tell us how did that all came about. well to have it was certainly hinted at when all of this discussion was going on initially whatever snowden was still at sheremetyevo airport before...
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it's thursday august fifteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well let's begin our coverage tonight in egypt the death toll from clashes between protesters the supporters and the military has soared this week as the situation in the country spirals out of control. at least six hundred thirty eight people are reported dead as a result of this unrest according to the egyptian official health ministry another three thousand seven hundred seventeen people have been injured but don't get attached to those numbers they are likely to rise as a violence continues to plague egypt the situation has become so unstable that president obama took time today to address some of his own concerns united states strongly condemn it. the steps that have been taken by egypt's interim government and security forces we deplore violence against civilians we support universal rights essential to human dignity including the right to peaceful protest but while we want to sustain our relationship with egypt our traditional cooperati
it's thursday august fifteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r t well let's begin our coverage tonight in egypt the death toll from clashes between protesters the supporters and the military has soared this week as the situation in the country spirals out of control. at least six hundred thirty eight people are reported dead as a result of this unrest according to the egyptian official health ministry another three thousand seven hundred seventeen people have...
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messing in china's backyard washington options military aid to the philippines control in the oil rich south china sea adds more fuel to the friction with beijing. government virtual currencies like bitcoin with the senate saying the sector must be regulated.
messing in china's backyard washington options military aid to the philippines control in the oil rich south china sea adds more fuel to the friction with beijing. government virtual currencies like bitcoin with the senate saying the sector must be regulated.
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strategy with respect to military intervention into syria now most of the world was speculating that washington would strike damascus within the next within the next twenty four to forty eight hours but on saturday afternoon president obama confirmed that the u.s. will take military action against syria but first the u.s. leader says he will seek authorization from congress speaking in the rose garden obama said that he believes he has the authority to carry out a military attack without approval from congress but he feels that going before congress having above public debate debate having a vote would make the country stronger if if there was actually a national conversation taking place about obama's intended military strike against syria now the u.s. leader says that he feels comfortable carrying out an attack against a syrian targets without the approval of the united nations security council u.s. officials believe that any security draft resolution allowing for the use of force against syria would be vetoed by russia and or china now obama says his plan military strike is not time sensitiv
strategy with respect to military intervention into syria now most of the world was speculating that washington would strike damascus within the next within the next twenty four to forty eight hours but on saturday afternoon president obama confirmed that the u.s. will take military action against syria but first the u.s. leader says he will seek authorization from congress speaking in the rose garden obama said that he believes he has the authority to carry out a military attack without...
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we've seen one billionaire in boston by the boston globe and another billionaire from california by the washington post i mean this is craziness when the folks in the top one per cent already control our political system and are mad literally going to control the information we get the key is we can debate it's a system that is now automatically worsening the gap between rich and poor reagan is not the only one who brought that about of course not but he was an active participant in this self delusions that this was a royal road to economic well being which we now see it was literally the opposite . yes and despite the fact that wealth inequality is at its highest ever and continues to widen the government always concedes to giving tax breaks to the wealthiest in the same thing never go away why richard we have about a minute left because if you give in the wealth the way we have to the top few they're not stupid those at the top understand better than anyone that their ability to stay there means control politics control information otherwise the mass of people will end our privileges so that's w
we've seen one billionaire in boston by the boston globe and another billionaire from california by the washington post i mean this is craziness when the folks in the top one per cent already control our political system and are mad literally going to control the information we get the key is we can debate it's a system that is now automatically worsening the gap between rich and poor reagan is not the only one who brought that about of course not but he was an active participant in this self...
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top stories nato says no to military action against syria but the war drums be louder in washington state john kerry say america's citizens must make the final decision on the strike. britain but the way parliament rejects a campaign against president assad after a promise to fail to convince lawmakers. meantime the u.n. teams completed its inspection of the alleged chemical attack need to mask.
top stories nato says no to military action against syria but the war drums be louder in washington state john kerry say america's citizens must make the final decision on the strike. britain but the way parliament rejects a campaign against president assad after a promise to fail to convince lawmakers. meantime the u.n. teams completed its inspection of the alleged chemical attack need to mask.
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well in town our been in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture texas is in the middle of a brutal drought but shale gas companies don't care they're sucking up the rest of the water leaving the state higher and drier than it already was with dangerous fracking is this the future of american energy last might have been tonio just a moment also call yourself a libertarian is all the rage in washington these days but how much do all these so-called libertarians actually know about their own philosophy and thanks to conservatives american kids know less about their own country's history than ever before i tell you why and what we can do about it in tonight's delete. you need to know this earlier today president obama stopped by buffalo new york to unveil his new plan to help make higher education affordable for all americans tomorrow he'll head on to another upstate new york city the college town of binghamton to make his pitch to students at the state university of new york in buffalo the presid
well in town our been in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture texas is in the middle of a brutal drought but shale gas companies don't care they're sucking up the rest of the water leaving the state higher and drier than it already was with dangerous fracking is this the future of american energy last might have been tonio just a moment also call yourself a libertarian is all the rage in washington these days but how much do all these so-called libertarians...
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dot com that's a look so far almost half of those who voted say washington want to divert americans from domestic problems around the third think the pentagon is ready to strike no matter what the president says about being cautious there thirteen percent believe the u.s. is looking for political leverage over a chemical arms you an investigation just eleven percent i think the pentagon is readying for an attack just in case you're going to r.t. dot com to cast your vote. see. first strike. and i would think that you're. the. former u.s. army private bradley manning was sentenced to thirty five years in prison this week for his unprecedented leak of classified documents to wiki leaks his exposure is through the light on america's alleged war crimes committed in iraq and afghanistan whistleblower is now hoping for a pardon from the u.s. president in his letter addressed to barack obama he vows that he acted out of concern for his country is striving to protect the values and ideals of the u.s. running also said he would gladly pay the price for living in a free american society result he'
dot com that's a look so far almost half of those who voted say washington want to divert americans from domestic problems around the third think the pentagon is ready to strike no matter what the president says about being cautious there thirteen percent believe the u.s. is looking for political leverage over a chemical arms you an investigation just eleven percent i think the pentagon is readying for an attack just in case you're going to r.t. dot com to cast your vote. see. first strike. and...
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but i'm sorry no washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. on wednesday private bradley manning spoke out in court to apologize for any harm he's caused his country but could the next speech he gives be the nobel peace prize acceptance speech also at the bottom of the hour our phone lines will be open for our your take my take live segment so if you want a chance to ask me a question why have on the big picture give us a.
but i'm sorry no washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. on wednesday private bradley manning spoke out in court to apologize for any harm he's caused his country but could the next speech he gives be the nobel peace prize acceptance speech also at the bottom of the hour our phone lines will be open for our your take my take live segment so if you want a chance to ask me a question why have on the big picture give us a.